COURSE PROFILES | 69 TPC SUGARLOAF
he esteemed history of PGA TOUR golf is evident at TPC Sugarloaf with the presence of Greg Norman as the course designer and a celebrated list of champions over 12 years of competition. TPC Sugarloaf’s 27-hole facility is situated
on 1,200 acres of countryside within the gated community of Sugarloaf Country Club, just north of Atlanta in Duluth, GA. The par-72, 7,259-yard championship golf course (also known as “The Stables and The Meadows” course) was designed by Norman to fit with its surroundings on the site of the former Rollins Farm. Named by Golf Digest among the “Best New Private Clubs in the U.S.” when it debuted in 1997 and by Golfweek among the “Top 100 Best Residential Golf Courses for 2007-2008,” the course features
undulating
bermudagrass fairways that roll through stands of towering oak, pine and maple trees, with numerous streams, lakes and hills adding to the course’s beauty. Norman complemented his work, his first United States course design, with The Pines course, a third nine slightly shorter than the original pair.
The championship course’s most notable holes are the par-3 11th where a peninsula green is guarded by water and a bunker in the back left; the 310-yard, par-4 13th, which is a drivable for the longer hitter; and the 575-yard, par-5 18th, which has a two-level fairway that leads to a downhill shot toward a green with a pond guarding the front and left. TPC Sugarloaf’s PGA TOUR tournament
history stretches from 1997 to 2008 when it was the host site for the AT&T Classic. Tiger Woods captured his seventh career TOUR title here in 1998, beating Jay Don Blake by one stroke. Phil Mickelson won the tournament three times at Sugarloaf, including a one-hole playoff victory over Gary Nicklaus—the second-youngest son of Jack—in 2000’s rain-shortened event and a 13-stroke victory in 2006. Other winners at the suburban Atlanta site included Scott McCarron and Zach Johnson twice each, David Duval, Retief Goosen, Ben Crane and Ryuji Imada. TPC Sugarloaf’s 60,000 square-foot
clubhouse is reminiscent of a traditional family estate, with a Southern Classic-style design.
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Address: 2595 Sugarloaf Club Drive Duluth, GA 30097 Holes: 27 holes (The Stables, The Meadows, The Pines) Championship Course: The Stables and The Meadows, Par 72, 7,293 yards
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TPC Sugarloaf features undulating bermudagrass fairways with numerous streams, lakes and hills adding to the course’s beauty.
NEW TPC PASSPORT ELIGIBILITY TO PLATINUM
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eginning in 2012, all current TPC Passport eligible members will automatically be upgraded to TPC Passport Platinum at no
cost—a saving of $750 annually. TPC Passport is a premium concierge program that offers a variety of exclusive benefits designed to add significant value to your current membership, including playing privileges at clubs throughout the TPC Network, Heritage Golf Group collection of clubs and premier partner properties nationwide. This allows members to join locally and play nationally at more than 40 of the finest clubs and resorts in the country and to receive numerous other benefits, including discounts for playing and attending select PGA TOUR tournaments. To learn more about the TPC Passport Platinum membership, go to
www.tpcpassport.com or call 877-416-4653. ■
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